2002 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2002 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Championship was held at Dodd Stadium in Norwich, CT from May 16–20 (preliminaries) and Pitt Field in Richmond, VA from May 22-24 (championship series). It featured the top six regular-season finishers of the conference's 12 teams, regardless of division. 2002 was the first season that the tournament was expanded to six teams. Top-seeded Richmond defeated Massachusetts in the title game to win the tournament for the first time, earning the Atlantic 10's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Tournament.[1]

2002 Atlantic 10 Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatSix-team double elimination
First-round byes for division winners
ChampionsGeorge Washington (4th title)
Winning coachTom Walter (1st title)
MVPMike Bassett, George Washington

Seeding and format

The league's top six teams, based on winning percentage in the 24-game regular season schedule, qualified for the field. The top two teams in each division qualified for the tournament automatically; the two division winners, Massachusetts in the East and Richmond in the West, received the top two seeds and byes through to the second round of the double elimination tournament. The tournament was different from most double-elimination formats in that after the two finalists were decided, losses were erased, and a best-of-three series was played at a new site the following to decide the champion.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
East Division
St. Bonaventure167.696
–
2
Temple1113.458
5.5
5
Rhode Island1014.417
6.5
–
Saint Joseph's1014.417
6.5
–
Massachusetts915.375
7.5
–
Fordham618.250
10.5
–
West Division
Richmond222.917
–
1
George Washington177.708
5
3
Xavier158.652
6.5
4
Dayton1410.583
8
6
Duquesne1212.500
10
–
La Salle123.042
21
–

Bracket

Double-elimination round
             
                                       
      1 Richmond 5  
  5 Temple 6     5 Temple 3    
  4 Xavier 2         1 Richmond 6  
      3 George Washington 4    
    2 St. Bonaventure 6          
  6 Dayton 2     3 George Washington 7[lower-alpha 1]        
  3 George Washington 8'         1 Richmond
      3 George Washington
         
  4 Xavier 8        
  6 Dayton 0         3 George Washington 5    
      2 St. Bonaventure 5     2 St. Bonaventure 4  
      5 Temple 2  
  5 Temple 2    
  4 Xavier 1  
  1. 12 innings.

Championship round
 
           
  3  George Washington 6[lower-alpha 1] 5 6
  1  Richmond 4 12 4
  1. 10 innings.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. George Washington outfielder Mike Bassett, one of five Colonials selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Three George Washington players had been named to the team before. Mike Bassett, who had been named in 2000 and 2001, was a third-time selection. Jeff Fertitta and Jake Wald, both named in 2001, were second-time selections.

Pos.NameTeam
OFMike BassettGeorge Washington
1BJeff FertittaGeorge Washington
PAdam JahnsenXavier
PThomas MartinRichmond
CJoe MichalskiGeorge Washington
PJustin OrenduffGeorge Washington
3BDavid ReaverRichmond
1BKevin RyanSt. Bonaventure
PTim StaufferRichmond
CAdam TidballRichmond
SSJake WaldGeorge Washington
3BMike WeckenmanTemple

References
  1. "2014 Atlantic 10 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Atlantic10.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
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